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If a hot air balloon can reach low Earth orbit then why are we wasting money on rockets? Just tie those satellites and space station components to a balloon!
I know you're shitposting but I have been nerd-sniped
A) that's basically what weather balloons are
B) orbit isn't a place, it's a speed.
I know. I've put 2000 hours in Kerbal Space Program. 🙂
I don't consider the stratosphere, where weather balloons travel, to be space.
"Made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs" ass writing lol
This actually exists, although the most you can do with it is fly around and take measurements, no near-space stations.
Buoyancy can't take you out of the atmosphere by principle. The stratosphere is fake space! It's under the Karman line.
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